Holiday Internship Opportunities for students from the department
(5 June 2014)
Teaching Assistant
Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies (SPCS) Honors Academy, V-Campus Pte Ltd
V-Campus Pte Ltd organizes Honors Academies with curriculum from Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies
(SPCS), a division of Stanford University. SPCS was previously known as the Education Program for
Gifted Youth (EPGY). V-Campus has been organizing these camps for more than 10 years.
This year there would be one class of the Mathematical Logic and Problem Solving camp for students in
grades 6-8 (Sec 1 to 3) from 23 June to 4 July 2014. 2 Teaching Assistants (TAs) are needed to assist the
instructor (who would be flying in from Stanford) to conduct the Honors Academies. There will be an
orientation at 3pm on Sunday 22 June 2014 which the TAs are also required to attend.
Classes run from Mondays to Fridays from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm with a one-hour lunch break from 12:00
pm to 1:00 pm. Lunch would be provided by for the instructors, TAs and students. There are no classes
on Saturdays and Sundays.
The course introduces students to mathematical logic and reasoning with the goal of developing skills
for understanding and solving problems using sound logical analysis and communicating mathematical
ideas effectively. Topics to be covered include formal logic, combinatronics, game theory, probability,
number theory and graph theory. In view of the course content, TAs should preferably be at least 2nd
year university students majoring in Pure Mathematics, although those reading Applied Mathematics
may also be considered.
The venue of the camp and the orientation would be the United World College of South East Asia,
Dover Campus.
Each TA would be paid an allowance of S$500.
Students who are interested the job are to apply in writing to Ms Lim Chaidoan at
chaidoan@vcampus.sg with a copy of their CVs. For clarifications, they may contact Ms Lim at 63279201
(office) or 96636580 (mobile). They may also get more information of the company and its activities at
www.vcampus.sg
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Holiday Internship Opportunities for students from the department
(7 May 2014)
Internship, Gaming Technology Division
Casino Regulatory Authority, Singapore
For Singaporeans only
The Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore has 1 holiday internship position available. A summary of
the job scope and duration can be found below.
There will be two phase of selection:
1. Students who are keen will send their applications to the department.
2. The department will review and shortlist suitable candidates based on academic performance
and any relevant experience.
3. The shortlist will then be reviewed by the Casino Regulatory Authority. The Authority will also
be conducting an interview and will contact the shortlisted candidates about it.
4. The final candidate will be selected by the Authority after its selection process.
Duration
The Gaming Technology division is looking for 1 NUS student to intern for a period of 2 months from 2
Jun – 25 Jul (depending on the school’s internship schedule).
Description of Research Project
EGM (Electronic Gaming Machine) reinforces gambling behaviour by paying out variable prize awards
after an unpredictable number of pulls. Hence, unpredictability in terms of when the prize will be given
out and the associated amount of the prize is used to entice the player to continue playing. Hit
frequency and amount of the prize is associated with the volatility of the game. Therefore, volatility is
likely to be a key determinant of player addiction by sustaining play on the EGM. There are many ways
to quantify volatility and the project entails devising a method/model to do so such that the proposed
method can be used to predict the addictiveness of a game.
Requirements
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1 NUS student who must be a Singaporean due to the sensitive nature of the research project;
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Undergraduate majoring in Mathematics and Statistics with an analytical and creative mind;

Experienced in programming (preferably in R).
Application
Students who are keen are to submit the following to me via email, before 3pm, 8 May 2014:

Completed copy of the attached form;
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An updated CV;

Latest transcript of all results in NUS. It is fine to provide the unofficial transcript downloaded
from NUS system or copies of past result slips.
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Holiday Internship Opportunities for students from the department
(13 February 2014)
Research Internship - Production/Validation Team
Risk Management Institute, NUS
Founded in August 2006, the Risk Management Institute (RMI) was established as a university-level
research arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS) dedicated to the area in financial risk
management. RMI strives to become a locally, regionally and globally recognized knowledge center in
financial risk management where scholars, regulators and industry professionals gather to advance
cutting edge knowledge that has immediate relevance to the financial system.
In 2009, RMI commenced the Credit Research Initiative as a constructive response to the criticisms
aimed towards Credit Rating Agencies. One of the important outcomes of this CRI is RMI’s operational
probability of default system, which started producing daily probabilities of default for exchange listed
companies in July 2010. At this point 106 economies in Asia, Western-Europe, North-America and Latin
America are being covered, with the results available at http://rmicri.org/home/.
NUS RMI undertakes an ongoing effort to spur research and development in the critical area of credit
risk. We are currently looking for interns to complement our research team for AY 2014/2015 starting
this summer 12 May 2014. Candidates who can start earlier will also be welcome.
Production/Validation Team
The selected interns will join either the Production or Validation Team within the Credit Rating Initiative.
The interns’ main task is to work with senior and junior analysts to participate in undergoing and
potential project(s), including:
 CRI project daily operation and improvement.
 Default model improvement and testing.
 Potential project(s) development.
Requirements:
 Strong analytical and research skills.
 Strong programming ability in Matlab.
 Familiarity with SQL.
 Knowledge and interest in the financial markets, financial institutions and default prediction.
 Eager and able to work in a dynamic environment.
 Independent worker with a great sense of accuracy.
 Meticulous and reliable team player with good interpersonal skill and motivated attitude.
[Candidate should be able to reasonably commit for the entire Academic Year.]
Interested applicants should submit their applications via NUS TalentConnect here.
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